carbonaceous, about 200 /i diaui. Ostiolum not prominent. Asci 

 clavate-cylindrical, narrowed below, paraphysate, 70-75 x 8-10 /i. 

 Sporidia biseriate, fusiform, 3-septate, acute, 20-22 x 2J-3 /i. 

 On decorticated limbs of pear or apple, Newfield, N. J. 



In Grevillea (1. c.) the sporidia are said to be 5-septate, con- 

 stricted in the middle, with the third joint slightly swollen, 40x5 //, 

 but our specc. are as above stated, sporidia not constricted, and none 

 of the cells swollen. 



M. boiicera, (€. & E.) 



Spkaria boucera, C. & E- Grev. VIII, p. 15. 

 Metasphesria boucera^ Sacc. Syll. II, p. 161, and Cke. Syu, 4456. 

 Exsicc. Ell. N, A. F. SS7, (in part). 



Perithecia scattei-ed, covered by the epidermis, subglobose, promi- 

 nent, black. Asci cylindric-clavate. Sporidia biseriate, fusoid, tri- 

 septate, hyaline, slightly curved, with a horn-shaped appendage at 

 each end, 30-32 x 7J ^ without the appendages (which finally dis- 

 appear). 



On dead herbaceous stems, Xewfield, N. J. 



M. plagarura, (Cke. & Hark.) 



Sphczria plagarum, Cke. & Hark. Grev. XIII, p. ig. 

 Endophlosa plagaritm. Cke. & Hark, in Cke. Syn. 4160. 

 Metasphcsria plagarum, Sacc. Syll. 7025. 



Perithecia gregarious, covered, elevated, subglobose, black, car- 

 bonaceous, collected in patches covered by the convexly elevated 

 cuticle. Asci clavate, sessile, 8-spored. Sporidia lanceolate, inor- 

 dinate, triseptate, hyaline, 18-20x4 /i, ends acute. 



On bark of Eucalyptus, California. 



M. Cattknei, Sacc. S^ll, 3482. 



Perithecia membranaceous, scattered, black, immersed in the par- 

 enchyma of the leaf covered by the slightly pustulate-elevated epi- 

 dermis, subglobose, perforated above, 200-300 ,« diam. Asci numerous, 

 subsessile, 8-spored, 150 /i long, p. sp. 50 x 8 //. Sporidia subbiseriate, 

 oblong-fiisoid, sliglitly curved,' 1-3-septate, slightly constricted at the 

 septa, 20-22 x4-5 ,« (27 x6 /i, Sacc), hyaline. 



On withered leaves of rice, South Carolina and Louisiana. 



M. Myricae, Pk. 38th Rep. p. 105. 



Perithecia numerous, broadly conical, 400-500 // diam., covered 



